An A-B-A set of locomotives comes off the hump to grab another string of cars.

PTRA's North yard was the spot to find the most unusual and eclectic group of misfit engines that the railroads of Houston could scrounge up. Lashups/consists of every combination were the norm, ... (more)

ATSF U33Cs 8504 and 8503 resting at Houston, TX || May 1976

Colorful motive power consist!

Houston Belt & Terminal SW9 #31 working in Houston, TX // May 1976

A pair of ATSF U33Cs sit at the Houston Belt and Terminal roundhouse in Houston, May 1975.

Pushing Jordan spreader

The east end of Englewood Yard was quiet on New Year's Day.

Texas & New Orleans SW1 11 at Hardy Street Shops

Texas & New Orleans Alco S2 64 at Hardy Street Shops

Santa Fe 315, with a yellow variation of the famous "Warbonnet" paint scheme, leads three more F7 B units on Amtrak's Texas Chief. Union Station would close and the remaining Amtrak traffic would... (more)

Shut down for the New Year's Day holiday.

One of the oh-so-very-few trains out and running on the glorious Houston New Year's Day 2010 sunshine was this eastbound stack train, seen here rolling into the ex-SP Englewood Yard on the through... (more)